Sunday, October 15, 1939 - Nazis seek return of ethnic Germans

[Bootie]

In Riga... A German-Estonian treaty is signed providing for the transfer to the Third Reich of Estonians of German ethnic origins.

In Finland... The government introduces compulsory national service.

In Kaunas... The Polish minister in protests to the Lithuanian government against the incorporation of Vilna, on the grounds that the Soviet Union has no right to dispose of this territory.

On the Western Front... German forces are reported massing behind the lines. Reconnaissance forces are active on the whole front.

In Occupied Poland... There are reports of a typhoid and cholera break out in Warsaw.

 

[Louis]

In Kaunas... The Polish minister in protests to the Lithuanian government against the incorporation of Vilna, on the grounds that the Soviet Union has no right to dispose of this territory.

Worth knowing about:

After the secret pact of Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was signed, the Red Army invaded eastern Poland. Vilnius was occupied on September 19, 1939. Initially, the Soviets tried to turn the capital of Vilnius in the Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic, but found it was better to return the Lithuanian government claimed that in exchange for allowing Soviet troops to remain in the Baltic country.
This offer is presented as a pact of friendship between two countries, aimed to help the Lithuanian Communists to gain popularity. Lithuania stunned the Soviets rejected the agreement .-
At the time the Soviet garrisons knew, Lithuania's sovereignty was threatened.
The Soviets then presented the agreement as an ultimatum, saying that the Red Army would be in Lithuania at any time. The Lithuanian government had to give up being able to obtain the number of troops deployed in the Lithuanian territory is less than planned by Moscow.
On October 10, 1939, Vilnius and the surrounding areas were annexed to Lithuania, while Soviet troops took possession of their new bases in various parts of the country.
The Lithuanian authorities soon came to Vilnius and government structures began to be displaced from Kaunas to Vilnius.